The old order falls, the one that

Leo Messi

and

Cristiano Ronaldo

tyrannically established for a decade

, and a new one emerges that, however, is just as old as the previous one.

From this Thursday,

Robert Lewandowski

is The Best, unofficially the best footballer in the world, defeating the two great legends of this century.

But, as

Luka Modric

in 2018, he picked up the baton after reaching maturity, seeing the twilight of his career closer than far.

The Croatian won it at the age of 33 and is now Bayern's striker at 32. In both cases, the award serves in recognition of a prodigious career but almost always insufficient for the grand prizes due to the splendor of the two great totems of the time. .

At the beginning of their theoretical decline they finally found the focus.

Lewandowski thus embodies a short-term relay, waiting for a new generation to claim the world title.

Neymar, Griezmann, Salah, Mané, Van Dijk or De Bruyne

aspired to him in recent years

, all of them between 28 and 29 years old, but they succumbed to their elders, at least for the moment.

More than one, let it be said, could well have deserved a place on the podium in 2020, as well as the Bayern player Joshua Kimmich (25).

To think that the witness is picked up by men like Mbappé (21) or Haaland (20) there is still a long way to go.

And it is that at the time of appearances of still adolescent stars, the elite continues installed in the fabulous thirty men like 'Lewy'.

All winners

  • Best Player

    : Robert Lewandowski (Bayern)

  • Best Player

    : Lucy Bronze (Manchester City)

  • Puskas Award

    : Son Heung Min (Tottenham)

  • Best goalkeeper

    : Manuel Neuer (Bayern)

  • Best Goalkeeper

    : Sarah Bouhaddi (Olympique de Lyon)

  • Best manager

    : Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

  • Best coach

    : Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)

  • Fair Play Award

    : Mattia Agnese

  • Fan

    Award

    : Marivaldo Francisco da Silva

    • In the absence of the Ballon d'Or, which is not awarded this year due to the consequences of the pandemic, FIFA's The Best award crowns one of the best scorers in recent times.

    And, incidentally, returns to the first rung of world football to the figure of the center forward, after three decades.

    The Ballon d'Or has not been awarded to a pure 'nine' since

    Andrey Shevchenko

    won it in 2004. In the case of FIFA World Player, the forerunner of the current The Best, the last striker to lift it was

    Ronaldo Nazario

    in 2002. The Pole is the first Bayern footballer to

    claim

    the best of the year title since 1981, when

    Rumenigge

    did

    so

    for the second time.

    Before that,

    Beckenbauer

    had also done it

    twice and

    Gerd Müller

    once.

    Trajectory

    The merits of Lewandowski to be considered the best soccer player of 2020 admit little replica.

    On a collective level, his Bayern have won the Bundesliga, the Champions League, the Cup and the European and German Super Cups.

    And they have done so by losing only one game, against Hoffenheim in the month of September in the Bundesliga (4-1) and drawing five.

    The Pole's contribution to these successes has been capital, scoring

    43 goals in the 39 games he has played

    .

    His performance in the Champions League was especially outstanding.

    In the second round, against Chelsea, he scored three goals and gave another four.

    In the quarterfinals, he participated with a goal and an assist in the historic 2-8 against Barça, the same baggage he achieved in the semifinal match against Olympique Lyonnais.

    Only in the Lisbon final against PSG was he left without seeing the door, which was not an impediment to the crowning of the Bavarian team.

    In it,

    Manuel Neuer

    shone

    , who received recognition as the best goalkeeper of 2020 in a telematic gala, forced by circumstances.

    Hansi Flick was left without the best manager award, which went to

    Jürgen Klopp

    after leading Liverpool to win the first Premier League in their history.

    The best male eleven

    The best female eleven

    According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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